I’m developing a poller to sync payouts using the ShopifyPaymentsPayoutConnection API. I need to confirm whether the issued_at field is always sequential. Specifically, can I rely on payouts being issued in strict chronological order, meaning a payout with issued_at = 2024-02-16 will never appear after one with issued_at = 2024-02-18?
Are there any edge cases (e.g., delays, reprocessing) where issued_at might not follow a strict sequence? If so, what would be the recommended approach to ensure correct incremental syncing?
For example, is it possible that the status of the earlier issued payment on 2024-02-16 will change to paid after valid 2024-02-18 payment is paid?
Hey @kdujmic_inge - my team and I were able to get in touch with our developers on this for you.
Our devs were able to confirm that at the moment, that we can’t guarantee that the issued_at value will always be ordered sequentially. In more simple outputs, it usually will default to sequential ordering, but in instances where there are multiple payout providers, for example, the order can vary
They also confirmed that reprocessing/delays can affect the ordering. At the moment, our best practice recommendation would always be to post-process the output order based on the issued_at values themselves when possible rather than relying on the raw output list.
Definitely realize it’s not the most ideal though, so I did just want to share that our developers are aware that this is the current state and we’ve raised your feedback their way too.
Let me know if I can clarify anything on our end here for you
- my team and I were able to get in touch with our developers on this for you.